To both farmers and the general public, organic chicken farming is a means to promote sustainability and positively impact the environment. We collaborated with NOFA to identify improvements in organic chicken farming by developing mobile chicken coops for organic farmers. Mobile chicken coops benefit the well-being of chickens by providing protection and healthy living spaces, and they can lead to more productive pastures as chickens fertilize the fields and eat grubs and parasites as part of their daily routine.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Cole, Keegan Ethan
• DeLuca, Lindsey Anne
• Zielinski, Kimberly Marie

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030614-095822

Keyword

• Farm management

Advisor

• LePage, Suzanne
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2014

Center

• Sustainable Food Systems Project Center - IQP
• Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)

Date created

• 2014-03-06

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-09